2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,079 637 14.8 13.3-16.5 3,442 85.2 83.5-86.7
Medicaid Region 6 532 75 12.1 9.2-15.9 457 87.9 84.1-90.8
GENDER
Male 237 22 7.9 4.9-12.4 215 92.1 87.6-95.1
Female 295 53 16.3 11.5-22.6 242 83.7 77.4-88.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 328 44 12.1 8.3-17.2 284 87.9 82.8-91.7
Non-Hispanic Black 122 19 12.3 7.2-20.1 103 87.7 79.9-92.8
Other 75 11 8.5 4.0-17.1 64 91.5 82.9-96.0
AGE
18-44 178 24 9.9 6.0-15.8 154 90.1 84.2-94.0
45-64 179 24 13.3 8.2-20.8 155 86.7 79.2-91.8
65+ 174 26 14.8 9.2-23.1 148 85.2 76.9-90.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 177 24 10.7 6.5-17.1 153 89.3 82.9-93.5
Some Post-H.S. 168 23 14.0 8.7-21.7 145 86.0 78.3-91.3
College Graduate 184 27 11.3 7.3-16.9 157 88.7 83.1-92.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 189 31 11.2 7.2-17.2 158 88.8 82.8-92.8
$50,000+ 234 29 12.3 7.9-18.6 205 87.7 81.4-92.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 104 15 13.6 7.1-24.8 89 86.4 75.2-92.9

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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